What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Lab Scientist or Medical Lab Technician - Core Labs - Bone Marrow position at The University of Iowa?
Qualified candidates may be eligible for a sign-on incentive of $5,000 based on years of experience!
(Current UI employees are not eligible for incentive)
The Department of Pathology is seeking a Medical Laboratory Technician or Medical Laboratory Scientist to use a variety of procedures involving highly complex analytical lab test methodology and techniques, perform quantitative and qualitative clinical laboratory analyses on biological specimens such as blood, tissue, and body fluids. These procedures will utilize a variety of procedures, many involving numerous highly complex tests and techniques that require the use of professional judgment. Provides technical expertise and information used to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease.
This position is 100%-time. Schedule will be Monday-Friday, 0800-1630, with rotating holidays.
The Iowa Health Care Core Laboratory is a state-of-the-art diagnostic hub, delivering high complexity testing with cutting-edge automation, advanced redundancies, and seamless integration across multiple disciplines. Located on Iowa Health Care’s Main Campus, our Core Laboratory provides essential services in Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Critical Care, and Hemostasis, supporting the needs of a world-class academic medical center.
Our laboratory is designed for precision, efficiency, and reliability, featuring highly automated workflows, advanced instrumentation, and built-in redundancies to ensure uninterrupted patient care. We are at the forefront of innovation in diagnostic testing, integrating leading-edge technology to enhance accuracy, speed, and patient outcomes.
We are seeking skilled, forward-thinking, and detail-oriented laboratory professionals to join our team. As part of the Iowa Health Care Department of Pathology, you will work in a collaborative, high-impact environment, contributing to cutting-edge research, medical education, and the future of laboratory medicine.
Be part of a team that’s Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.
The department intends to hire for one position from either Medical Laboratory Technician, or Medical Laboratory Scientist, based on the qualifications of the successful candidate. Please indicate in your application materials the position you wish to be considered for on indicate both.
Duties to include:
- Performs highly complex quantitative and qualitative analysis on chemical, hematological, microbiological, or immunological clinical and research specimens.
- Conducts comprehensive evaluation of laboratory test results. Provides information to other allied health care provider(s) regarding test methodology and interpretation.
- Assists in collecting bone marrow specimens and preparing smears, touch preps, and processes specimens for cytogenetics and molecular studies.
- Receives bone marrow specimens into the lab and places appropriate orders related to clinical history.
- Performs differentials on bone marrow and peripheral blood specimens, composes and creates preliminary written reports as per standard operating procedures.
For a full job description, please send an e-mail to the contact listed below.
The Department of Pathology is part of UI Health Care, a comprehensive health sciences center that serves Iowa and the region, as well as patients referred from the United States and overseas. The Clinical Laboratories are well recognized for providing outstanding and comprehensive care to the patients we serve. The breadth and depth of services provided are amongst the best in the country. The educational programs that the department participates in includes medical students, clinical laboratory scientists as well as biomedical scientists. To learn more: https://medicine.uiowa.edu/pathology/about-us
MLT Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a chemical, biological, clinical laboratory science, or medical technology program from an accredited institution, or
- Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) or eligible from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency (NCA), or
- Successfully completed an official US military medical laboratory procedures training course of at least 50 weeks duration and have held the military enlisted occupational specialty of Medical Laboratory Specialist (Laboratory Technician) is required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
- Previous experience (6 months – 1 year) performing abnormal manual differentials on both blood and body fluids.
MLT Desired Qualifications:
- Certification from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or National Credentialing Agency (NCA) as a Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) is highly desirable.
- Previous experience in a clinical laboratory performing moderate and/or high complexity testing in chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, and coagulation is highly desirable.
- Previous direct patient care experience is desirable.
MLS Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree in a chemical, biological, clinical laboratory science, or medical technology program from an accredited institution.
- Some (6 months – 1 year) clinical laboratory experience, which may include program training experience is required.
- Certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or a categorical/specialist certification in the appropriate laboratory discipline from American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or certification as a Medical Technologist (MT) from Health Education and Welfare (HEW) is required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
- Demonstrated proficiency performing abnormal manual differentials on both blood and body fluids.
- Previous experience in a clinical laboratory performing moderate and/or high complexity testing in chemistry, hematology (including abnormal differentials), urinalysis and coagulation is highly desired.
- Previous direct patient care experience is desired.
Position and Application details:
In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:
- Resume
- Cover Letter
Pathology will be filling this position at one of two levels. The Medical Lab Technician classification salary starts at $48,500, and the Medical Lab Scientist salary starts at $53,500. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. You must indicate in your cover letter the level of classification (MLT and/or MLS) you wish to be considered for or indicate both. See required qualifications for additional information.
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any criminal conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.
For additional questions, please contact Brenda Carey via email at brenda-carey@uiowa.edu.
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Hours:
Monday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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Salary : $5,000 - $53,500
